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Saturday, January 4, 2014

On This Day – 157 Anniversary of the Marriage of Terry Loveless and America Allen – 4 Jan 1855

Terry Loveless and America Allen were married 157 years ago
today on 4 Jan 1855 in Cass County, Georgia which is now Bartow County.[1]
Terry was the oldest son of Jesse Loveless and Elizabeth Nixon, born in South
Carolina. America was the daughter of
James Allen and Temperance McGregor, born in Tennessee. Terry was my second great-granduncle.

State of Georgia } To any ordained Minister of the Gospel, Judge of the Cass County } Superior Court, Justice of the Inferior Court, or Justice ofthe Peace, You are hereby authorized to join Terry Loveless andAmerica Allen in lawful bonds of matrimony, agreeableto the constitution and laws of this State. Given under my handand Seal of office, this 4th day of January, 1855 Thomas A. Word, Ordinary.State of Georgia } I hereby certify that the marriage of theCass County } persons named in the above License actu-ally took place and was duly solemnized before me,this 4 day of January 1855. Rev. S. P. RowlandRecorded 25th April, 1855. T. A. Word Ordinary

Terry and America were found in the 1860 census with two
children Williard, age 4 and Joseph, age 8/12.[2]
America’s widow mother lived next door with 5 children. Both families were
farmers, though Terry had no value in real estate.

Terry and America would have one more child, Delia, born in
Dec 1862 before Terry died at Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1863 during the Civil
War.[3]
Here is an area for more research! I did find a muster roll for the 856th
District G.M. in Bartow Co, Georgia, where Terry was listed as number 12.[4] Also on the list were N.D. Allen, America’s
brother, and D.W. Lowdermilk, who married Terry’s sister, Roxanna.

After Terry’s death, America lived with her mother,
Temperance Allen until her marriage to the Reverend George H. Gilreath on 9 Jul
1890.[5]

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I currently research my own family. I became interested in researching my family when I was pregnant with my first child. I had always liked hearing the stories told by my elderly aunts but never thought about the continuity until my daughters were born. Now I wished I had taped those stories! Now that I'm retired, I'm spending much more time working on my families and now plan to write about my adventures into the past.

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